Pro-Reproductive Health Bill
Overview:This RH Bill covers a very broad issue not only in the society, morality but also with our religious beliefs. Being a pro doesn’t means anti-life. All of us want life. It’s just that we need to be practical with our decisions because it may affect the rest of our lives. Having RH Bill is having a choice. Choice on protecting the health of every women undergoing pregnancy and choice on having a good family plan of each Filipino family that will give them a better life. It doesn’t mean that I don’t believe in God. I also believe in the reaction of the church. But we, Filipinos, need to open our mind on what’s happening in the present. First, I’ve chosen this topic because I am one of the many people who are Pro-RH Bill. All Filipinos should be open on what’s happening in Philippines. There are approximately 100 Million people in the Philippines and the economy is being down because of it. What if it gets 200 million? The economy and the people’s suffering will be getting worse if we will not do any actions about the rapidly growing population. I also agree with this bill because it can reduce the 80% risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

One of the main concerns of the bill, according to the Explanatory Note, is that the population of the Philippines makes it “the 12th most populous nation in the world today”, that the Filipino women’s fertility rate is “at the upper bracket of 206 countries.” It states that studies and surveys “show that the Filipinos are responsive to having smaller-sized families through free choice of...

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...TOPIC: COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF MODERN FAMILYPLANNING AMONG HAUSA, YORUBA, AND IGBO IN AGEGE COMMUNITY, LAGOS STATE.
ABSTRACT
The study will be carry out to get a comparative study on the acceptance of modern familyplanning among Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo’s in Agege community, lagos.
150 respondents will be needed for the study, 50 respondents from each settlement.
The target group for this research will be women of child bearing age.
Data will be collated, analyse, by using descriptive statistics and Chi square to test for the hypotheses
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Right from creation, multiplication of man had been as a result of reproduction. However giving birth to young ones is the term associated to this and this is for posterity being the desire of everyone. Through scientific reproductive research over the years, man has evolved knowledge of putting consideration and calculation to population by means of familyplanning because if this is not in place, man may end up in killing and eating each other as a result of over population in the absence of sufficient resources. Familyplanning is the process of having children by choice and not by chance that is determining when to have children and the use of birth...

...Introduction to FamilyPlanning
What is FamilyPlanning?
Familyplanning is the voluntary planning and action taken by individuals to prevent, delay or achieve a pregnancy. Familyplanning services include counseling and education, preconception care, screening and laboratory tests, and familyplanningmethods. Familyplanningmethods include abstinence, natural familyplanning and all FDA approved methods of contraception including hormonal contraception and contraceptive supplies such as condoms, diaphragms and intrauterine devices.
Why is familyplanning part of the health department?
The Centers for Disease Control characterizes familyplanning as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century. In 1800, women had an average of 7 children; today women average 2.1 children. A woman is fertile for an average of 35 years of her life; if she has two children, she will spend about 30 years of her life avoiding pregnancy. Familyplanning information and services help individuals maintain their overall health and improve family and community health by supporting men and women...

...Introduction
Familyplanning is the planning of when to have children, and the use of birth control and other techniques to implement such plans. Other techniques commonly used include sexuality education, prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections, pre-conception counseling and management, and infertility management.
Familyplanning is sometimes used in the wrong way also as a synonym for the use of birth control, though it often includes more. It is most usually applied to a female-male couple who wish to limit the number of children they have and/or to control the timing of pregnancy (also known as spacing children). Familyplanning may encompass sterilization, as well as abortion.
The Centers for Disease Control characterizes familyplanning as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century. In 1800, women had an average of 7 children; today women average 2.1 children. A woman is fertile for an average of 35 years of her life; if she has two children, she will spend about 30 years of her life avoiding pregnancy. Familyplanning information and services help individuals maintain their overall health and improve family and community health by supporting men and women to have children when their health, financial conditions, and personal...

...Familyplanning is a term that was created in the mid-twentieth century to refer to the ability to control reproduction through access to contraception, abortion, sterilization, and information and education. Reproductive control allows a woman to determine when and whether she will have children. A woman's ability to control the birth and spacing of her children has a direct impact on her educational, economic, and social opportunities, and a woman's enjoyment of heterosexual activity can be affected by the fear of becoming pregnant because she lacks information about and access to contraception and abortion.
Women have found ways to control their reproduction since the earliest days of recorded history. However, those methods were not always safe or effective. With industrialization, urbanization, and the advent of new reproductive technologies, there was a shift away from women's ability as individuals to control their reproductive lives. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the regulation of contraception and abortion began in earnest in the United States. In 1873 Congress passed the Act of the Suppression of Trade In, and Circulation Of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use (Comstock Law), which was named for the U.S. postal agent Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), who lobbied for the bill's passage. The law criminalized, among other things, the distribution through the U.S. Mail of information and materials...

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DEFINITION AND NATURE OF FAMILYPLANNINGFamilyplanning experts define familyplanning as the process by which responsible and mature couples, if they, determine by themselves the timing, proper spacing and number of children born to them. Familyplanning involves three main aspects:
1. Responsible parenthood
2. Proper spacing of children
3. Birth controlFamilyplanning involves the rational utilization of effective contraceptive methods by
married couples so they can space and limit their children to a desirable size in order for them to attain quality life. Contraceptive means prevention of unwanted pregnancy, while responsible parenthood means responsible pro-creation and socialization of children. As responsible parents, married couples are prepared for the responsiblility of rearing a child who can be properly fed, clothed and educated.
NORMS ON FAMILYPLANNING
1. Sociological Norms
Familyplanning is the process whereby, through interaction, married couples arrive at an intelligent decision in the number of children they could provide with quality life. It means responsible parenthood and proper spacing of children through the use of effective contraceptive methods. Sociologist make...

...﻿ What is FamilyPlanning?
A program to regulate the number and spacing of children in a family through the practice of contraception or other methods of birth control.Family planning is the voluntary planning and action taken by individuals to prevent, delay or achieve a pregnancy. Familyplanning services include counseling and education, preconception care, screening and laboratory tests, and familyplanningmethods. Familyplanningmethods include abstinence, natural familyplanning and all FDA approved methods of contraception including hormonal contraception and contraceptive supplies such as condoms, diaphragms and intrauterine devices.
Natural FamilyPlanning
Many couples choose natural familyplanning as a way to prevent pregnancy. This method studies the woman's ovulation cycle to determine when pregnancy is likely or unlikely to occur. This method takes dedication. A woman must check the consistency of her cervical mucous before having sex, and also keep tabs on her temperature, which will rise during ovulation. The method also prohibits sexual intercourse during ovulation.
Pros...

...Introduction
Familyplanning is the planning of when to have children, and the use of birth control and other techniques to implement such plans. Other techniques commonly used include sexuality education, prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections, pre-conception counseling] and management, and infertility management. Familyplanning is choosing the number of children in a family and the length of time between their births. When you start searching for options in familyplanning, it's important to understand all of your choices and which might be best for you. When you'd like to postpone a pregnancy, artificial and natural methods of familyplanning can help you do so. Also, if you're ready to plan a pregnancy, it's important that you have the knowledge to maximize your chances for conception.
Familyplanning is the voluntary planning and action taken by individuals to prevent, delay or achieve a pregnancy. Familyplanning services include counseling and education, preconception care, screening and laboratory tests, and familyplanningmethods. Familyplanningmethods include abstinence, natural...

...PRELIMINARY AND INCOMPLETE DRAFT
How effective are family-planning programs
at improving the lives of women? Some
perspectives from a vast literature
Shareen Joshi
February, 2011
Abstract
In the past 50 years, family-planning programs have been heavily promoted across the developing
world. A vast academic literature now tests both the intellectual rationale for these programs, as well as
their impact on a wide range of demographic and economic outcomes. In recent years, the availability of
new methods and new datasets from the developing world has intensified the academic research on
these issues even though the support for family-programs themselves has diminished. This paper
examines the economic and demographic literature on familyplanning programs and summarizes
evidence of their impact on fertility as well as additional outcomes such as child mortality, investments
in children’s human capital, the economic status of households and the macro-impacts on communities.
The goal is to provide policy-makers with an understanding of the strengths, limitations and points of
agreement that emerge from this vast literature.
PRELIMINARY AND INCOMPLETE DRAFT
1. Introduction
In the past 50 years, familyplanning (FP) programs have been heavily promoted across the developing
world as a means to reduce fertility rates...